Tulsa at FAU odds, picks and predictions
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane (12-8, 3-5 AAC) and No. 23 FAU Owls (17-4, 7-1) meet Saturday at the Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena in Boca Raton, Fla. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET (ESPN+). Below, we analyze FanDuel Sportsbook's lines around the Tulsa vs. FAU odds, and make our expert college basketball picks, predictions and best bets.
The Golden Hurricane have picked up back-to-back wins and covers since a 33-point blowout loss at SMU Jan. 20, and Tulsa is 3-1 straight up (SU) and against the spread (ATS) in the past 4 outings. While Tulsa is just 1-4-1 ATS in 6 true road games this season, the Owls have struggled even more against the number.
FAU enters play with 6 straight wins, but it has covered just once in the past 9 games, and it is 1-5 ATS in the past 6 instances as a double-digit favorite, too. The Under has cashed in the past 2 games after a 4-0 Over run, too. The Over is 3-1 in the past 4 games as a double-digit favorite.
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Tulsa at FAU odds
Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access Paste BN Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:40 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Tulsa +1160 (bet $100 to win $1,160) | FAU -2800 (bet $2,800 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Tulsa +17.5 (-110) | FAU -17.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 153.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)
Tulsa at FAU picks and predictions
Prediction
FAU 79, Tulsa 71
Moneyline
FAU (-2800) will cost you 28 times your potential return, and it should go without saying that you can't bet such a heavy favorite. Over the long term, it's a terrible betting strategy. As it stands, the Owls will net just $3.57 profit on a $100 wager. That's a silly amount of risk for very little reward.
AVOID.
Against the spread
TULSA +17.5 (-110) is a strong play against FAU -17.5 (-110).
The Golden Hurricane has covered 3 of the past 4 games, and it is 1-1 ATS as an underdog of 9 or more points.
The Owls have really struggled to cover. While FAU is winning, and really, that's all that matters, it seems to play down to the competition. In games against ranked teams, or high-profile games in neutral sites, FAU has played its best. The Owls are just 1-8 ATS in the past 9 games, and it has scored 68 or fewer points in 4 of the previous 9 outings. This team is red-hot when it wants to be, but when the shots aren't falling, they're very beatable, too.
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Over/Under
UNDER 153.5 (-105) is the lean, but go with a half-unit play at most.
The Under has cashed in the past 2 games for FAU, averaging just 67.5 points per game (PPG), while allowing 59.5 PPG.
Tulsa struggles defensively, but it did cash the Under last time out to snap a 5-0 Over run. FAU's offense could very well get on track against the struggling Golden Hurricane, but this is an awfully big number, and the Owls just haven't been lighting it up from the floor lately.
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